Upcoming Event: “Deliberation in practice: the use of mini-publics in contemporary democracies”

An event organised by We the Citizens, in cooperation with the Royal Irish Academy and the G1000 (Belgium)

This event is designed to coincide with the establishment of the Irish government’s constitutional convention. This is the first time an Irish government has involved ordinary citizens in discussions about constitutional reform. Mini-publics may be a relatively new phenomenon to Ireland, but their use is quite widespread in a number of other countries, such as the Icelandic constitutional council, the British Columbia citizens’ assembly, the Dutch citizens’ forum, or the Belgian G1000 citizen summit. This event aims at reviewing these and other examples of deliberation in practice.

The participants include some of the world’s leading experts in the field:

Ken Carty (University of British Columbia) – the academic director of the British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly (Canada)